teleman

T1E1L1E1M3A1N1

noun

A petty officer in the US Navy who performs clerical, coding and communications duties.

Scrabble 9
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounteleman (plural telemen)

plural telemen

  1. USgovernmentA petty officer in the US Navy who performs clerical, coding and communications duties.

    The classification is for graduates of a class A teleman school with no significant experience and for other personnel who are not qualified for a specialized classification.

    1949, Manual of Navy Enlisted Manpower and Personnel Classifications and Occupational Standards, United States Bureau of Naval Personnel

Origin

From tele- + -man.

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

malteneleetman
Cite this entry
APA

teleman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teleman

MLA

“teleman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teleman. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “teleman,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teleman.

Source: teleman on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.